2024 Vista Ridge Marching Festival - October 5th

[Samuel Culper]

Gupton Stadium, Cedar Park

Participants

4A

Legacy Ranch

William B Travis

 

5A

A&M Consolidated

Belton

Brenham

C.C. Winn

Glenn

John B. Connally

Lake Belton

Liberty Hill

McCollum

New Braunfels

Pflugerville

Seguin

Wagner

Weiss

 

6A

Harker Heights

Hutto

John Paul Stephens

McNeil

Medina Valley

Round Rock (JV)

Shoemaker

Stony Point

Westlake

William H Taft

Winston Churchill

[Tubalord11]

Really great lineup! Westlake will probably take the win but seeing McNeil beat them at TMC last season, they could pull an upset! Will be a great comp! 

[Loki]

WC took the dub last year. My predictions cause they’re on the up. 
 

1. Churchill

2. Westlake

3. McNeil

4. Taft

5. Lake Belton

6. Glenn

7. Weiss

8. Hutto

9. Liberty Hill

10. Wagner 

[berinskygaming]

Yep. Barker Heights and Hutto Will be ones To watch here. Huge contest.

[GuardMom27]

Has anyone seen Glenn’s show this year? I’ve heard different things about where they are and how they’re doing, but haven’t seen them yet myself.

[berinskygaming]

  On 9/23/2024 at 12:16 AM, GuardMom27 said:

Has anyone seen Glenn’s show this year? I’ve heard different things about where they are and how they’re doing, but haven’t seen them yet myself.

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Do Not sleep on Grizzly nation, Powerful ensemble .

[Samuel Culper]

PRELIMS SCHEDULE

8:30 - Legacy Ranch

8:45 - Round Rock JV

9:00 - William B. Travis

9:15 - Stony Point

9:30 - Wagner

 

10:00 - Harker Heights

10:15 - Shoemaker

10:30 - Seguin

10:45 - McNeil

11:00 - Pflugerville

 

12:00 - CC Winn

12:15 - Medina Valley

12:30 - John Paul Stevens

12:45 - New Braunfels

1:00 - Tom Glenn

 

1:30 - William H. Taft

1:45 - Hutto

2:00 - McCollum

2:15 - Brenham

2:30 - Westlake

 

3:00 - A&M Consolidated

3:15 - Weiss

3:30 - John B. Connally

3:45 - Lake Belton

4:00 - Liberty Hill

4:15 - Winston Churchill

[GuardMom27]

Excited to shift our focus to Vista!

[Clark_DM_2009]

Predictions:

1. Westlake

2. McNeil

3. Winston Churchill

4. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

5. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

6. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

7. Weiss

8. Glenn

9. William B. Travis/New Braunfels/Hutto

10. William B. Travis/New Braunfels/Hutto

This competition always seems a little chaotic, so I'm excited to see what happens here!

[Tubalord11]

  On 9/29/2024 at 5:21 PM, Clark_DM_2009 said:

Predictions:

1. Westlake

2. McNeil

3. Winston Churchill

4. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

5. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

6. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

7. Weiss

8. Glenn

9. William B. Travis/New Braunfels/Hutto

10. William B. Travis/New Braunfels/Hutto

This competition always seems a little chaotic, so I'm excited to see what happens here!

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This is pretty much my list. Could see McNeil upsetting Westlake after how well they did this past weekend. I’d also have Liberty Hill in the 9-10 range interested of Hutto but other than that this will be close to what happens I think 

[Samuel Culper]

  On 9/29/2024 at 5:21 PM, Clark_DM_2009 said:

Predictions:

1. Westlake

2. McNeil

3. Winston Churchill

4. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

5. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

6. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

7. Weiss

8. Glenn

9. William B. Travis/New Braunfels/Hutto

10. William B. Travis/New Braunfels/Hutto

This competition always seems a little chaotic, so I'm excited to see what happens here!

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Belton is not on the schedule.

[Tubalord11]

Will be fun to see how Taft does here after winning the US Bands Austin comp, definitely think they’ll be in the middle of the pack 

[TheTromboneK1NG]

  On 9/29/2024 at 5:21 PM, Clark_DM_2009 said:

Predictions:

1. Westlake

2. McNeil

3. Winston Churchill

4. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

5. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

6. Lake Belton/Belton/LH

7. Weiss

8. Glenn

9. William B. Travis/New Braunfels/Hutto

10. William B. Travis/New Braunfels/Hutto

This competition always seems a little chaotic, so I'm excited to see what happens here!

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My biggest issue with this list is the number of bands predicted over Hutto.

Do. Not. Sleep. On. Hutto. 🙂

[berinskygaming]

  On 9/30/2024 at 12:21 AM, TheTromboneK1NG said:

Do. Not. Sleep. On. Hutto. 🙂

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True. Hippo nation Made Austin Final.

[GarbagePatchKid]

What is Westlake’s show this year?

[Loki]

  On 9/29/2024 at 5:23 PM, Tubalord11 said:

This is pretty much my list. Could see McNeil upsetting Westlake after how well they did this past weekend. I’d also have Liberty Hill in the 9-10 range interested of Hutto but other than that this will be close to what happens I think 

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I def have bias as I go to Churchill but we beat them last year…who’s to say we won’t do it again? Mcneil is a fantastic band though WC is also a much better ensemble than last year. So much so that multiple panelists at the NEISD Band Fall Festival said there’s no reason we can’t compete with Reagan and Johnson this year. Eyes out for WC. Our stuff is good.

[LeanderMomma]

  On 9/30/2024 at 3:05 AM, GarbagePatchKid said:

What is Westlake’s show this year?

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It’s called Nouveau and it’s simply beautiful!

[Bandmanio]

  On 10/2/2024 at 11:16 AM, LeanderMomma said:

It’s called Nouveau and it’s simply beautiful!

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That's the absolute truth! It's breathtaking musically and visually. 

[Bandmanio]

Predictions:

1. Westlake

2. McNeil

3. Churchill

4. Hutto

5. Taft

6. William B. Travis

7. Lake Belton

8. John Paul Stevens

9. Glenn

10. Pflugerville

[MikeKyu]

The Westlake show is beautiful. The guard alone is stunning to watch. Musically they are taking their concert strengths and putting them in the field now. This show is one of my favorites of the season. 

[Gorilla warfare]

DO NOT SLEEP ON CHURCHILL 

I’ve never seen a more concentrated and fully intense ensemble as Churchill this year.

look out for WC

[berinskygaming]

west Wood will top 1 this contes

[Samuel Culper]

  On 10/2/2024 at 10:56 PM, Gorilla warfare said:

DO NOT SLEEP ON CHURCHILL 

I’ve never seen a more concentrated and fully intense ensemble as Churchill this year.

look out for WC

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I love Churchill's shows every year. Can't wait to see what they have this time.

[Tubalord11]

Final predictions: 

1. Westlake 

2. McNeil 

3. Winston Churchill 

4. Taft 

5. Lake Belton 

6. Tom Glenn 

7. Hutto 

8. Weiss 

9.  Pflugerville

10. Liberty Hill 

[bchorn]

  On 10/2/2024 at 2:18 AM, Loki said:

I def have bias as I go to Churchill but we beat them last year…who’s to say we won’t do it again? Mcneil is a fantastic band though WC is also a much better ensemble than last year. So much so that multiple panelists at the NEISD Band Fall Festival said there’s no reason we can’t compete with Reagan and Johnson this year. Eyes out for WC. Our stuff is good.

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It was a narrow win last year and then McNeil beat Churchill at Area.  So I would say the bands are even at this point until a head to head matchup happens.